The NFL will honor the late John Madden with tributes throughout its three Thanksgiving Day games.
It was Thanksgiving Eve in 2016 when John Madden grabbed a microphone and took a seat in the festive lobby at Rose Hotel in Pleasanton.
The NFL’s inaugural John Madden Thanksgiving Celebration will include this image of the former Raiders’ coach and television broadcaster. The image will be on the 25-yard line on the fields of Thursday’s three games, and a sticker of the image will adorn players’ helmets. “John encompassed so much, as a coach, a teacher, a broadcaster, games, and philanthropy,” Abitante said. “Thanksgiving was his favorite part of the year, and what he put on the map was Thanksgiving Day games with his excitement, and that is what we focused on for this.”
All three broadcasts of the Thanksgiving games will open with a video of Madden musing about the holiday’s pairing with football. “So I’m dropping the turducken, and I know there’s no way he’s going to ask me who to hire as a head coach.”
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